Date: 3/20/26 4:46 pm From: Cliff Weisse via groups.io <cliffandlisa...> Subject: [IBLE] Early Swainson's Hawks / Again
I know I'm a broken record on this but the annual spate of early
Swainson's Hawk reports has begun in earnest in eBird. So far there are,
as usual, no photos for documentation. Migration timing is very
consistent so if you see a Swainson's Hawk before about the 29th of
March it's really early. Please do your best to get photos, even if they
aren't very good. FWIW there are zero records so far this year for UT,
CO, WY, NV, Mt. The closest reports are in AZ, NM, CA and one each for
western OR and WA. If they do arrive early it's important to document so
keep your camera handy.
Here's an interesting fact - early reports I've seen with photos, in
Idaho and other states, tend to be subadult Bald Eagles as strange as
that sounds. They appear hooded/bibbed flying or perched and have white
in the wing linings in flight.
Cliff
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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
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